Exhilaration is the Breeze

Read 'Exhilaration is the Breeze' by 'Emily Dickinson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Exhilaration is the Breeze by Emily Dickinson

 Exhilaration is the Breeze
That lifts us from the Ground
And leaves us in another place
Whose statement is not found --

Returns us not, but after time
We soberly descend
A little newer for the term
Upon Enchanted Ground --

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